[nabs-l] taking quizzes and tests

Sat Feb 2 22:45:32 UTC 2013

Hi,

Good idea beating your prof to the punch by telling the counselor
first.  I thought about mentioning that in a previous email but didn't
want to get too into it without knowing all the details.

Sounds to me like your teacher is just uncomfortable, although I don't
really see the reason why.  It's really odd because giving you a
microsoft word file on a flashdrive would probably be easier than
sending her test to the testing center and filling out paperwork or
whatever for it, especially as most professors make up their tests and
quizzes in word anyway.

I would keep trying to nicely convince the prof to let you take the
quiz in class.  Probably all she'll need is one time to see that it's
really not a big deal at all and then you won't really have an issue
like this with her again.

HTH

On 2/2/13, Ashley Bramlett <bookwormahb at earthlink.net> wrote:
> Kaiti,
>
> Thanks. I feel the same way; it’s a hastle and silly to go out of my way to
>
> a testing center in another building when I could just take the quiz there.
> I'm afraid though I won't be able to. When I asked my professor about taking
>
> class quizzes, she was hesistant. She said the quiz was not online;
> I explained it did not have to be and that if she put it on a flash drive, I
>
> could read it.
> Then she said, "I think I'll get guidance from the disability office." Gee!
>
> If she involves them, they will say that I take quizzes and tests in the
> darn testhing center.
>
> I also want to take quizzes my way because I can ask her questions about
> questions if it does not make sense just as other students do.
> I think this may be helpful as I've seen her practice quizzes online so I
> know how they are worded.
>
> Well, then, I'm glad my idea isn't an unheard one. I proposed taking the
> quiz after class because I need extra time for the quiz. However, I might
> need only five or six minutes more so if there is no class after ours, I
> could just take it in class. I could check on that. I'll note that I read my
>
> memo of accomodations. Under testing accomodations, it says that I can make
>
> other arrangements. Yay.
> It says
> Systems include:
> Use of testing center  or disability facilities, double time, oral
> administration,  , computer, typed answers as opposed to scantron sheet.
>
> The clause "Includes" means these accomodations are included; I reread it
> and therefore its broad. It does not say these are the only accomodations I
>
> can use. So IMO, its open to interpretation and other arrangements. So, I
> think this sheet is on my side.
>
> My counselor wrote me when we were discussing class quiz accomodations; I
> had to give her a heads up as the professor indicated she'd go to the
> counselor and I wanted to tell the counselor first.She said, I assume you're
>
> going to the testing center? I replied that actually I wished to take these
>
> short quizzes in her office and explained why. I said that it would take
> longer to walk to the testing center and turn on jaws and the pc than simply
>
> taking the short quiz in the building.
>
> So, we will see what they decide; I hope in my favor. I've  been to the
> professor's office and she has extra room and plenty of chairs for me to sit
>
> down and take it. So space won't be an issue as it is i in some offices.
> That is great some professors let you use your own equipment in class. IMO,
>
> it makes it
> easier on both parties. You don' have to go to a separate place for quizzes
>
> then which can be a hastle.
>
> Ashley
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Kaiti Shelton
> Sent: Saturday, February 02, 2013 1:26 AM
> To: National Association of Blind Students mailing list
> Subject: Re: [nabs-l] taking quizzes and tests
>
> Hi,
>
> Absolutely, it wouldn't make sense to go through the hassle for
> something that small.  I typically take all my quizzes in class except
> for midterms, finals, and anything math related because that's a
> different matter entirely.
> Your testing rooms and procedures sound pretty similar to the ones at
> my university in that you're on your own unless you request a scribe
> or reader and they provide a computer with JAWS for you.  However, I
> agree that using these things for a quiz would be silly.
>
> My only question is why not take the quiz at the same time as everyone
> else?  If you do get your teacher to put the quiz on a flashdrive to
> put on your BrailleNote why not just take it in class at the regular
> time and give her back the flashdrive when you're done?  It will save
> you time after class.
>
> On 2/1/13, Ashley Bramlett <bookwormahb at earthlink.net> wrote:
>> Hi all,
>>
>> How do you go about taking quizzes and tests?
>> Every school seems a bit different in rules to administer tests to
>> disabled
>> students.
>>
>> At Marymount university, MU, I went to the learning center where students
>> got tutored and took either make up or regular tests.
>> I signed the honor code pledge and then completed the test with a reader
>> usually, a student reader they provided. I could use the pc as well if it
>> was an essay exam.
>>
>> At nova, community college, they have a testing center. you take it there
>>
>> in
>> a room alone. You can get a reader as well if you need that.
>> They have jaws on a pc at the testing center,so I can use it there if I
>> opt
>> to read it on the pc.
>>
>> Do you go through the formal disability office procedure and take exams in
>>
>> a
>> separate building and whatever place for test takers with disabilities?
>> I usually have done it unless my professor wants to work something else
>> out;
>> for instance, giving me short quizzes orally after class.
>>
>> Have you taken exams or quizzes in professor’s offices using your own
>> equipment or in class? Do you work out other arrangements out with
>> professors such as this rather than going to the designated testing
>> office.
>>
>> I ask because I want to do this for a short quiz. Why go over to the
>> testing
>> center on the other side of campus when I feel I can take the quiz right
>> there in the building? I’d either read the quiz via my notetaker or bring
>>
>> a
>> laptop. My professor seemed unsure about this idea. She said, I’ll ask
>> the
>> disability counseling center about this.
>> I said, if you do, they will just say I take them in the testing center;
>> this is the default arrangement unless we work out something else. I get
>> the
>> sense she is uncomfortable with me taking the quiz after class. Note that
>> that her office hours are right after class and her office is in that
>> building. Its so much more convenient to take the quiz there rather than
>> walk way to the testing center for a 10 question quiz.
>>
>>
>> She said its not online; I explained that I could read it in Word format
>> electronically on a flash drive; so it did not need to be online for me
>> to
>> take it on a electronic device.
>>
>>
>> Anyway, just wondered what others have done. Hope my idea also sounds
>> reasonable. to me it seems fair. I’d still be supervised while taking the
>> quiz and would not have to go to the testing center.
>>
>> Ashley
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